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1974

United States History

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Sam…Will Students Again Be A Political Force?, The Maine Campus Oct 1974

Sam…Will Students Again Be A Political Force?, The Maine Campus

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The Student Association of Maine has embraced an ominous task. In its effort to represent 32,000 post-secondary students throughout the state, conflicts are bound to surface. But if SAM can unify its student membership, the prospects for developing a powerful voice in Augusta, a voice that would be heard in the halls of the State House and reverberate back to individual campuses are bright.


Target: Augusta. A New Statewide Force Prepares To Focus Student Influence On Maine Politics, Jeff W. Beebe Oct 1974

Target: Augusta. A New Statewide Force Prepares To Focus Student Influence On Maine Politics, Jeff W. Beebe

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

"SAM" --the word has a familiar ring to it, from the sixties, when the evening news opened with the day's body counts in South Vietnam and conflicting reports of fighter-jet losses in the skies over North Vietnam--'Surface-to-Air-Missile.' Another, but altogether different, "SAM" was launched in Bangor Saturday--the Student Association of Maine. Its propellant is in the person of UMO's Peter Simin, and its payload is the interests of 32,000 post-secondary students in Maine.


Gay Legal Battle Is Over, Gil Zicklin Mar 1974

Gay Legal Battle Is Over, Gil Zicklin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

It may interest your readers to know that the Federal Courts have already decided that campus gay organizations have the right to exist and to use the university facilities made available to any other group on campus. The relevant decisions involved the University of New Hampshire, University of Georgia and Oklahoma University. This is not the first time that the Courts in interpreting and enforcing the Bill of Rights have blazed a trail for those not so well-versed in Constitutional law nor well-traveled in the realm of liberty.


Fiscal Budget Approved, House Scraps Pub Help, Jeff Beebe Mar 1974

Fiscal Budget Approved, House Scraps Pub Help, Jeff Beebe

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The University of Maine's Board of Trustees was vindicated for their support of the Wilde-Stein Club on the floor of the Maine House of Representatives last night as the House approved $35.4 million of the Supper-U's 1974-75 budget.


Wilde-Stein Expected To Air Rebuttal To Gass' Attack, The Maine Campus Mar 1974

Wilde-Stein Expected To Air Rebuttal To Gass' Attack, The Maine Campus

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

In accordance with the Federal Communication Commission's Fairness Doctrine, WLBZ has responded favorably to a written request by the Wilde-Stein Club to answer what the club calls "malicious and distorted charges" made against it by Rev. Robert Gass on his Sunday broadcast "Glad Todings."


Results Of Ongoing Survey Of Student Opinion Indicate A Growing Trend Toward Liberalism, Paul Betit Mar 1974

Results Of Ongoing Survey Of Student Opinion Indicate A Growing Trend Toward Liberalism, Paul Betit

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

"Are you opposed to homosexual relations between consenting adults?" "Do you drink alcoholic beverages?" "Are you opposed to the dissemination of birth control devices to college students by the infirmary? "Would you favor the elimination of legal sanctions prohibiting the use of marijuana?" The answers these questions have elicited over the past seven years convince Dr. Kenneth Hayes that a social revolution has slowly and quietly changed the attitudes of students attending UMO.